{"product_id":"9781785633904","title":"The Body in the Mobile Library : and other stories by Peter Bradshaw","description":"Staggering and unforgettable storytelling'  Mel GiedroycIn his retirement at the Vatican City, emeritus pope Benedict XVI is hard at work on his magnum opus: a high-school comedy screenplay.   At a grimy pub in North London, a doctoral researcher is abducted by gangsters peddling William Wordsworth's handwritten account of drug-fuelled sex orgies.   In the West African state of Benin, a politician's daughter inherits a large cash sum which she can only launder with the help of a random Englishman sourced on the internet.?With twenty-one deliciously observed, gloriously mischievous short stories - some previously narrated on BBC Radio 4 or published in literary magazines, others completely new - Peter Bradshaw explores the boundary between the plausible and the absurd, often with a laugh-out-loud gag up his sleeve.   Amid the playfulness, he has an enduring warmth and sympathy for every character, however hapless. He offers pinpricks of light in a dark sky of confusion and pain.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305479942517,"sku":"9781785633904","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781785633904.jpg?v=1762797612","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781785633904","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}